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Gas (1962) Ink & crayon on paper
This sale is an offering from the Clarke Collection, a trove of convention-defying works amassed by the renowned architect Fred Clarke and his wife Laura Weir Clarke. The couple’s holdings of works by Ed Ruscha comprise the largest grouping within the collection, including unique works on paper, lithographs and a collection of first-edition artist books. This tightly curated selection features the Los Angeles-based artist’s signature wordplay and recycled imagery, with highlights including Wavy Robot (1975), Water Soluble Dreams (1984) and Standard Station (1996).
Edward Ruscha arrived in Los Angeles in 1956, delivered by the car trip he and high school friend Mason Williams took in Ruscha’s black 1950 Ford from Oklahoma to the suburban-like stretch of a rapidly developing L.A. Ed Ruscha’s One-Way Street By Jaleh Mansoor, OCTOBER, Winter 2005, pp. 1
Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937), Light Leaks, 1993. Acrylic and tinted varnish on canvas.
Edward Ruscha. The End. 1991. Acrylic and graphite on canvas. 70
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Ed Ruscha Then & Now: Paintings from the 1960s and 2000s. On view through April 24, 2016. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), La Jolla, California www.mcasd.org An innovator of West-Coast Pop and Conceptual Art, Ed Ruscha’s work defies and exceeds both categories, drawing upon popular media, commercial culture, and the landscape of Los Angeles. Image: Ed Ruscha Shiplisting 2001, acrylic on raw linen, 20 x 14 in. Courtesy of Private Collection. © Ed Ruscha.
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